The voiced velar lateral tap is an allophone of the

velar lateral approximant The voiced velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used as a distinct consonant in a very small number of spoken languages in the world. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (since 19 ...

in some languages of

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, such as Kanite and Melpa. The extremely short duration of the in intervocalic position (20–30 ms) warrants calling it a tap, according to . There is no specific symbol for this sound. However, an IPA capital L with a breve for extra-short, , would capture Ladefoged and Maddieson's description.

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* Lateral consonants Velar consonants Tap and flap consonants Pulmonic consonants {{phonetics-stub